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On 1/21/2024 at 11:47 AM, ke1vi said:
RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE
January 21st, 2024
1. We are currently above .500 - what are your thoughts on the teams performance?
2. What do you think is the biggest difference beteeen this years and last years team when it comes to success?
3. What does the team need to keep doing to stay above water?
4. Riga always seems to get good goaltending - what’s the biggest reason?
5. If the team stays at this pace would
It better to buy or sell at the deadline?
6. In the dog days of the NHL season, what has been the most interesting story?
- An ok start but it is how you finish that matters.
- We got younger so that might have an impact.
- Maybe aquire some depth defense.
- Solid development and skilled prospects.
- Given the results last season it would probably better to buy.
- The surprising individuals in the goal scorer race.
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Riga Reign star Shubham Anand is continuing the season of giving into the new year and new season with several charitable activities. He continuing to work with food banks in these cold winter days so that struggling people will have food to eat. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. He has also paid the bills of those in danger of loosing heat and power during these cold days. But his best works continue to be with children. He has visited a local juvenile detention center to donate some equipment and start a hockey team for the kids. There are plans to offer additional assistance to disadvantaged youth via the game of hockey as far north as Tallinn and as far south as Vilnius and even offer a challenge cup for the peewee teams in this region. And there are countless other smaller things Shubham and his Reign teammates continuing to do for the people of the Baltic communities.
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Halifax 21st Press Conference
Answer 3 Questions for 1 Capped TPE
Answer 6 Questions for 2 Capped TPE
For Week Ending on January 21, 2024
- A 3 - 9 start to the season. What can change on the ice to bring in more wins?
- How do you feel about you game so far?
- What have you enjoyed about the VHLM so far?
- What has surprised you the most about the new season?
- If you could make a alternate uniform for this team, what woukd it look like ?
- What is the worst weather you have experienced?
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On 1/14/2024 at 4:52 PM, hedgehog337 said:
1. A middling 4-5-1 start so far. What can we do to improve this situation?
2. Do you think we can improve this situation?
3. How the season start went for your player?
4. Also do we have a chance to improve the activity of this presser?
5. Do you think Fradin needs to fight more to give us a morale boost?
6. How excited are you about the most recent YT ad and how much first gens it has brought so far?
1. Give our rookie netminder some time to grow.
2. If everyone continues developing, we will improve.
3. Decent start. Five goals good. -9 not good.
4. As the season continues, should see more activity.
5. Fradin fighting always helps my moral.
6. As a VHLM AGM, I can't tell you how excited I was to stumble upon the recent YT ad. After the disaster that was last season. There is hope in Halifax again.
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Enjoy the work of producing art or take waivers if you don't have the time/mental state. That is how I always roll. I will hold my team to this ideal.
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Halifax 21st Press Conference
Answer 3 Questions for 1 Capped TPE
Answer 6 Questions for 2 Capped TPE
For Week Ending on January 14, 2024
- Welcome to S93. What do want to accomplish in this new season?
- How do you play the game and why do you play like that?
- Last season was a disasterous one. What will it take for this team do better than last season.?
- How far can this team rise after a crashing last season?
- Who do you think will stand out this season?
- What do you think of the team so far?
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How do I get to the NSFL and the SCFHL?
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S91 Rookie Experience for Shubham Anand
Shubham Anand in action for the Riga Reign
The journey to get to this point has been long and twisted, but the time for Shubham Anand to finally make his VHL debut has come. It has taken seasons of growing in an unstable VHLE to arrive at this moment. While he will be starting for a team other than the team that drafted, that might be for the best as he ends up on a intriguing club where he can have an impact for seasons to come.
Shubham Anand was drafted late into the first round of S89 by the Calgary Wranglers. While the Wranglers would rebuild and make significant changes, Shubham would go through a chaotic two-year stint in the VHLE. Just as he was ready to be called up, Calgary decided it was done rebuilding and would trade Shubham to the Riga Reign.
The Riga Reign of S91 are an interesting bunch. The team is made of a good mix powerful veterans and rising youngsters. Spending a second season in the VHLE to develop have seemed to paided off. Despite being the youngest player on the roster, Shubham could easily slot into a second line role. While he only was a above average player in the VHLE, all his growth in his overall game could see Shubham in the race for Rookie of the Year. Time to wait and see what happens.
It would not take long into Shubham debut for to have a significant impact. While the first game didn't go to play for both player and team, the second game was different. In an explosion of offense for the Riga Reign, Shubham would record his first assist and his first goal. It was a positive sign of things to come. The Riga Reign would finish the regular season second in the very competitive European Conference, just behind the Victory Cup winners. Shubham also finished second in points for all rookies with 60 points. The playoffs, on the other hand, would be bitterly disappointing for the Reign. A brutal series against London United left Riga with only one win and Shubham with a negative plus minus rating. In spite of the bad ending to an otherwise great seasons, Shubham would finish on the All Rookie team for S91.
All the chaos arriving to this point could have damaged a prospect like Shubham Anand. Yet in spite everything that has been thrown his way, Shubham has emerged as a future star on a squad set to contend for the foreseeable future. And having signed a long term contract with the Reign, we will see if some stability can result in Shubham Anand developing into the Hall of Famer he has the potential to become.
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On 12/10/2023 at 11:20 AM, hedgehog337 said:
1. How ready are you for the playoffs?
2. Are you happy with your performance in the reg season?
3. Do you think we're one of the favorites for the cup?
4. Predict the Riga playoffs MVP.
5. who is your favorite Riga teammate?
6. do you already have a New Year resolutions in place?
7. do you have any traveling plans for the next year?
1. After playoff disappointment is both the M abd the E, I am more than ready for the playoffs.
2. It is hard to be upset with a performance that was second in the league for points by rookies.
3. We are up in that discussion.
4. Our leader AK.
5. Fradin McGryer my friend.
6. I need to be more patient with the people around me.
7. Nothing set in stone, bit we will see what happens.
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It has been a miserable season for the basement dweller of the VHLM this season. Both Mexico City and Halifax knew it was going to be a struggle with five players or less on both rosters. There was hope that some rising waiver players would help these two teams out. But the players never came. A recruitment season so bad that the JST was canceled, has left both clubs down the creek with no paddles. Management of both teams are wondering what to do next. Barely having enough players to play is not good for the long-term viability of both clubs. Is this situation fixable or is it time for the nuclear option. A reduction of the VHLM similar to the reduction the VHLE went through last season certainly is in the cards, and Mexico City and Halifax, with the fewest players on the roster, are likely on the chopping block. Can these two franchise find a way to survive or are they doomed to die?
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On 12/3/2023 at 1:05 PM, ke1vi said:RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE
December 3rd, 2023
1. How does it feel to be one of Riga's best season rosters in a few seasons?
2. What's the message to the team going into the final week of the season?
3. Is there any importance in winning the conference, or is it preferred to stay healthy for the playoffs?
4. The trade deadline saw no trades - what do you think the reason for this was?
5. Do you have any big plans this holiday season?
6. Are you ready for the cold weather that winter brings?
1. Feels good to start my VHL career off on a high note.
2. Get your form in check for the playoffs. Lets get on an upswing that will carry us to the championship.
3. Given how competitive this conference is, yes there is value in a conference championship. But the Cup is always the end goal.
4. Much of the movement happened in the offseason.
5. I have to be the glue that keeps everyone together. Sister is stressing out over the end of the semester. Brother is going through a divorce. Dad is working as a mall Santa and us stuck with a rental truck until further notice. And Mom is stressing out over all of it. That is my holiday.
6. Al long as we have wood, we are ready for winter.
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On 11/26/2023 at 10:43 AM, ke1vi said:RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE
November 26th, 2023
1. How do you think your player it contributing the best to the first place Riga?
2. How do you keep yourself occupied on road trips?
3. Who has been the hardest player to play against for you this season?
4. What has been your favorite memory of the season so far?
5. What's the message to the team for the final 1/3rd of the season?
6. Does Quinn Hughes already have the Norris trophy locked down in the NHL?
1. Babay Shrimp has been great thus season.
2. Listen to a YouTube video or just watch the world pass by. I am very used to long car rides.
3. I can't think of an individual player I can think of.
4. Being in the rookie race is my favorite part.
5. Season isn't over yet. Think about the playoffs when we get there. Focus on today.
6. Season isn't half over yet. I wouldn't go that far until the halfway point.
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The talk of this season has been recrment or the lack thereof. This has been most felt by the GMs and AGMs of the VHLM. This player crunch has severely impacted the competitive balance of this league. The point of this article is to come up reasons for the the downturn and find solutions to correct this problem.I must start by stating that this hobby is a niche one. Most people would prefer to play the game rather than let a computer decide the outcome. Sim leaguers are a different breed and a tight nit community. Indeed I have had the pleasure of many of my friends in multiple leagues. But while the VHL has the largest community out of any sim league, growth has been slow. Indeed the Covid boom which has brought in a many new players has ended. I believe that this boom comes down to time. The fall has been a busy time of year for many, myself including. Now that the holiday season has arrived, that busyness should increase. It takes time to be a productive member of this community, time that could be spent elsewhere. These are things that must be considered by the BoG going forward.Now this the problem elaborated on, what are the answers? If we are to get more eyes on this league, we have to go viral. The league has used YouTube effective in the past. After all, it is how I ended up here. But I feel that we can do more that sponsor videos. There are videos of creating a player in something like the last College Football video game and follow the career path of that of player. I have watched these videos and have enjoyed many of them. As a true sim league, there is no game play to record, but the storytelling could be fantastic. And sometimes that is all it takes to attract attention. I would also make some changes to the value of written TPE task. I would increase the amount of TPE for 150 word point task to 3 TPE and reduce the amount of words for 6 TPE to 300 words. The reduction of words nessary to get the maximum amount of TPE would hopefully be less daunting for new players, leaving the big articles for the professional. These are my ideas for fixing our recruitment issues, unworkable as they may be.While the league will not collapse overnight, this recruitment slump has created issues that if unaddressed could result in huge problems. What keeps sim leagues like this one alive is a willingness to change when things aren't working out. I have made the case for my ideas but please make the case for your ideas below. The BoG has been open in their search for ideas to fix this problem. It gives me so much peace about the future. Undoubtedly, a good solution to this recruitment issue will be found and the result will be a stronger VHL
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On 11/19/2023 at 8:50 AM, ke1vi said:RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE
November 19th, 2023
1. How does it feel to be sitting at the top of the standings?
2. This team had significant change over the offseason, how do you think it gelled so well to become an elite team?
3. We're at the halfway point of the season, what's the message in the room for the second half?
4. How disappointed will you me if Henry Tucker Jr doesn't win any goalie awards?
5. 6 of top 7 teams are in the Euro Conference, does it feel like a one sided league?
6. What do you think of the NHL Global Series (i.e, four teams played in Sweden) - should that do it every year with other countries?
1. It feels good to be at the top.
2. The right mixture of experienced veterans and rising youngsters.
3. Continue. Everything is clicking right now. And all wee need is to continue what we have been doing.
4. I will be disappointed. He as been amazing thus season.
5. I kinda does. But that will change in time.
6. I think it is a wonderful idea to share this top level of the game with the places that produces the talent that make the modern game as great as it is. It absolutely should continued every year.
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For Week Ending on January 28, 2024